St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-30
WEST SIDE STREET CARS.

Supt. Goodrich says NIr. lowry IL
Ready TO Put Them Running at
the Earliest Possible Date-.Other
Sixth ward D0ings.
The regular meeting of the West st.
Paul Citizens union was held last evening
in the new hall in the Thompson block.
corner of Dakota and Fairfield avenues,
where all of It's meetings will be held in
the future. Mr.. Mcdonald, chairman of
the special committee appointed to confer
with Mr.. Lowry regarding street cars for
West st. Paul, presented the following
letter:
In accordance with the report of your COM
mittee that we put into writing our intentions
regarding the West St. Paul system, l will
say that the company will, as promised By
MIR. Lowry, complete the line over South
Robert and Ducas streets on the completion
of the sewer and bridge over the railroad
tracks, and will put the line in operation
within three weeks from the completion of
the same. The company will build on Dakota
avenue after the sewer Is completed, and will
build with the city when the pavement is
laid. then out Winnifred street, and will OPP
crate the line within three weeks after the
track is laid. The company asks that the
union and aldermen do all they can to put
this work forward, as it is our desire to COM
piete the West st. Paul system as soon as
possible. naNe communicated Win Mr..
Lowry by telegram, and he fully sanctions
the above. c. G. GOODRICH.
CHANCES FOR A PARK.
Upon request of Mr.. Lienau as..s:to the
probability of the Sixth ward securing a
of the park commission. said that the COM
mission had recently looked at eligible sites
on Dayton's bluff for park and he ex-
pected that it would pay visit to West st.
Paul next week. He had no doubt but that
the Sixth ward would be fairly treated in
dividing up the park fund. In order to
secure park certain land must first be con-
demned and furthermore, the site must be
surrounded by property that can be assessed
for half the value of the improvement. He
hoped the members would present SOME
sites that they thought suitable so that the
commission might pay them visit.
Mr.. Lienau thought that sooner or later
the Sixth ward would need a park of
twenty-five acres, but for the present it
must be satisfied with one Of four or five
blocks. He presented the following sites:
That territory bounded by Morton and
Elizabeth streets and German and Eaton ave
nues. This would make park $40 Dy $50
feet, and would cost about S60,000.
That territory bounded by Oakdale avenue,
Prescott and Cambridge streets and fifty feet
of of blocks A and 3. This would. make park
1850 feet long aud Of all average width of
1926 feet, and would cost about S75,GU0.
The territory bounded by State, Winfield,
Concord streets and Clinton avenue. plat
600 by 800 feet, and costing about SGU,000
That territory near the end of the proposed
new bridge, bounded by Mohawk, George and
Orleans streets and the river. This will
make a park $40 feet long and 700 feet W ide,
and would cost SS5, 900.
DR.. Mcnamara presented the following
site:
That territory bounded by Isabel street ard
the terrace on the north and south, and Bid
well and Bellows streets on the east and
west. q plot 800 feet long and 500 feet wide.
Mr.. Crowley offered the following site:
Blocks IL and 25 on George street, near the
intersection of Bidwelf; also blocks 20 and
Il, of Nelson, Stevens Il Kings addition.
THE MARKET HOUSE.
Mr.. Lienau thought the market house